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Offline Jay Fat City

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Black spots on pike?
« on: Jan 15, 2011, 09:34 PM »
I went out early this morning to try my hand a pike fishing in Colchester and did okay, icing 10 pike and one bass (my biggest pike was 29 inches, the rest were pickerel size.) I do have one question -- the majority of the small pike were covered in these weird black bumps -- they looked almost like aphids. Have any of you seen these? Any idea what they are? I have pics, but won't be able to post them until I'm back in Boston.

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Offline DunmoreFAn

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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #1 on: Jan 15, 2011, 09:37 PM »
I have caught some Perch with that on them and was told it is Just mud.... i cut up the perch and there were no grubs in them.... but on Champlain you never can tell with them fish!
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #2 on: Jan 15, 2011, 09:40 PM »
Not sure about the black spots, but I have caught a few with bloody pussie sores on them, I was gonna take some pics but keep forgeting my camera.  it kinda looks like some sort of cancer.  anyone have any info on that?
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #3 on: Jan 15, 2011, 09:41 PM »
Definitely wasn't mud on these guys. Jet black bumps. Damn, I wish I brought my card reader!
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #4 on: Jan 15, 2011, 09:46 PM »
same thing on the perch but like i said i was told it was mudd......as for the girlything sores....if it is in Champlain it sounds like lamprey got a hold of them!
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #5 on: Jan 15, 2011, 09:51 PM »
I don't think it was that, either. They were pimple sized.
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #6 on: Jan 15, 2011, 09:53 PM »
2 years ago i fished at crown point bridge...... i caught a bunch of perch and smelt and a pike or to..... the pike had lamprey on them but they were wicked tiny.....when i pulled them off the pike looked like they had little pimples on them....almost every fish i caught had them tiny lamprey on them!!
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #7 on: Jan 15, 2011, 10:01 PM »
Wow! I thought lamprey marks were about the size of a quarter. Maybe it is lamprey then.
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #8 on: Jan 16, 2011, 06:14 AM »
We used to call those spots -warm water spots"-never hurt anyone who ate the fish.
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #9 on: Jan 16, 2011, 07:52 AM »
Google Lymphosarcoma of pike . :sick:
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Offline nhpikeking

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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #10 on: Jan 16, 2011, 08:16 AM »
its called black spot disease its just a small parasite
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #11 on: Jan 16, 2011, 10:49 AM »
they say that if a body of water has this parasite and you find it on fish then it is a very healthy ecosystem
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Offline bradroy55

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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #12 on: Jan 16, 2011, 02:18 PM »
Quote from: northernfisher on Jan 15, 2011, 09:40 PM
Not sure about the black spots, but I have caught a few with bloody pussie sores on them, I was gonna take some pics but keep forgeting my camera.  it kinda looks like some sort of cancer.  anyone have any info on that?


kinda like this one from dillenbeck last year?

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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #13 on: Jan 17, 2011, 04:59 PM »
Quote from: DunmoreFAn on Jan 15, 2011, 09:53 PM
2 years ago i fished at crown point bridge...... i caught a bunch of perch and smelt and a pike or to..... the pike had lamprey on them but they were wicked tiny.....when i pulled them off the pike looked like they had little pimples on them....almost every fish i caught had them tiny lamprey on them!!

Those are not lamprey.  Lamprey don't start feeding on fish till they are about 6" long or so.
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Offline clamyukon

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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #14 on: Jan 17, 2011, 05:35 PM »
i got a pike like that last year in dillonbeck bay dident know what it was ??? ??? ???
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Re: Black spots on pike?
« Reply #15 on: Jan 18, 2011, 07:53 AM »
Here are the pictures:

SPOTTED PIKE


SATURDAY 29 INCH PIKE


MONDAY 30 INCH PIKE


None of the big pike had the spots.

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